Shadow
By Lily Orange
Summary: A shadow of fire walks amongst the trees - the same shadow which blights the forest. Can Edward, Bella and the Cullens figure out what's going on... before it's too late?
Disclaimer: I am definitely not Stephenie Meyer and admire her work a lot.
A/N: I wrote this story for my friend's birthday so this was originally her and Edward together, that's why it's completely non-canon and is just a short story - though not one-shot - full of Edward and Bella romance. Plus Bella has a new friend completely of my creation... please enjoy and review!
CHAPTER ONE
I knew that something was wrong instantaneously; Edward was not there. Every time I leave my dad downstairs, Edward is sitting on the rocking chair in my room. I left him on the driveway, and he promised he'd be here within half an hour. I had been forty minutes, having cooked some of the fish that dad and Billy Black had caught for dinner, and sitting down to watch some TV with him. And Edward wasn't there. I knew his number was on my speed dial on my mobile, which he had given to me as a gift, from him and Alice, in fact he was the only speed dial on my mobile. I felt a little possessive calling him and going, "Hi Edward, it's Bella, why aren't you here?"
I suppose he had other commitments besides me – his family: Carlisle and Esme, Alice and Jasper and Rosalie and Emmett. But I couldn't help feeling worried. Edward was one of those people who could discern what would happen to him within the next twenty-four hours and tell you. That's not normal. He does it through mind reading, and Alice can see the future, although it is very subjective. I don't have any special gifts like mind reading or future seeing, although I am pretty adept at horse riding and am clever at school, especially in Science. Edward sits by me in biology, and he took me home when we did the blood testing. That was when I really didn't get him. One minute, his eyes were mahogany and seemed to despise me, find me repulsive; the next he was personally introducing himself to me, speaking my name with his velvet voice which was tainted with friendliness and not dislike, and looking at me with his beautiful golden eyes. His mood swings and his beauty confused me; but it was not until I knew the truth that I was fully acquainted with the true Edward Cullen which I know and love.
I was first familiar with Edward's true identity by one of my friends, Jacob Black, one of the Quileutes. When I first properly met him, I walked with him on the beach and he told me the Quileute legends of werewolves and a species of human called the Cold Ones – vampires. And he said that supposedly, the Cullens were the same group of 'Cold Ones' that had made the pact with the Quileute elders many years ago. And strangely, I wasn't scared. Edward was a vampire – it offered a proper explanation.
And then I found that Jacob was a werewolf. Not only that, but that he belonged to a pack. Even that didn't unnerve me. I'm kind of used to the bizarre, but if you had told me all of this when I was a resident with my mother Renee and Phil in Phoenix, I would have laughed in your face. But now, for me, Bella Swan, these things are a reality.
And now, I was scared. Petrified. I had never placed this kind of reliance on a person before, and although Edward left me a while ago, I eventually coped. But coping with it kind of had a lot to do with the fact that he came back.
I couldn't have gone through that again.
I sat on my bed, staring at the walls. On my notice board, stuck up with silver pins, were photos. Photos of me and Edward, me and Alice, the Cullens, me with the Cullens, Edward with me and my dad. Blissfully happy memories which I would not allow to stop. I knew that I might be waiting for a while, so I lay down and carried on reading Wuthering Heights, for the two billionth time.
I was suddenly aware of my phone vibrating on the shelf next to me, I picked it up, and flipped it open. It was Alice.
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:) x Lily Orange x (: